Example sentences for: years--and

How can you use “years--and” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This hourlong work, which was commissioned by ABC but never shown, is another famous bootleg--it has circulated in samizdat for years--and also an overrated one.

  • Despite this miraculous news, the Wall Street Journal says that nearly one in three Americans expects a recession by next year's elections--the highest percentage in three years--and that one in four is not satisfied with the economy.

  • When Ralph Ellison died in 1994, he left behind thousands of pages of drafts and notes for the book he had been working on for 40 years--and a terrible dilemma.

  • Dyson's extreme eccentricities (despite great wealth, she's lived in the same one-bedroom walk-up for 25 years--and it doesn't have a telephone) bolster her reputation as a visionary.

  • Business Week has generally been right about the performance of the economy in recent years--and right in urging the Federal Reserve not to raise interest rates.


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